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{{Short description|Recoilless anti-tank gun}} {{for|the surname|Armbrust (surname)}} {{Infobox weapon |name= Armbrust |image= Armbrust rocket launcher photo Iraq OIG.jpg |image_size = 300 |caption=An Armbrust launcher |origin= [[West Germany]] |type=[[Recoilless rifle|Recoilless gun]] <!-- Type selection --> |is_ranged=yes |is_bladed= |is_explosive=yes |is_artillery= |is_vehicle= |is_UK= <!-- Service history --> |service= |used_by=See ''[[#Operators|Operators]]'' |wars=[[Cambodian–Vietnamese War]] <br>[[Croatian War of Independence]] <br>[[Slovenian War of Independence]] <br>[[Kosovo War]] <br>[[Cambodian–Thai border stand-off]] <br>[[2013 Lahad Datu standoff]]{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} <!-- Production history --> |designer=[[Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm]] (MBB) |design_date= |manufacturer=Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB)<br>Pouderies Réunies de Belgique (PRB)<br>[[ST Kinetics]] (STK) |production_date= |number= |variants=Armbrust AT, Armbrust AP, Armbrust Ub, Armbrust SC <!-- General specifications --> |weight={{convert|6.3|kg|lboz|abbr=on|lk=on}} |length={{convert|850|mm|ftin|abbr=on}} |part_length= |width={{convert|126|mm|abbr=on}} |height={{convert|140|mm|abbr=on}} |crew= <!-- Ranged weapon specifications --> |cartridge= |caliber={{convert|67|mm|abbr=on}} |action=Recoilless weapon |rate= |velocity={{convert|210|m/s|abbr=on}} |range={{convert|300|m|abbr=on}} |max_range={{convert|1500|m|abbr=on}} <!-- |penetration=300 mm armoured steel --> |feed=Single shot |sights=Reticle, externally illuminated for night }} '''Armbrust''' (German: ''[[Crossbow]]'') is a lightweight unguided [[anti-tank weapon]] designed and developed by [[Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm]] of Germany, who later sold its manufacturing rights to Chartered Industries of Singapore (the predecessor of [[ST Kinetics]]).
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